Wednesday, December 9, 2009

The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for NINE comes out on Geffen Records December 15th online and instores December 22nd, just in time for Christmas!!

NINE is a Weinstein Company film by Academy-Award winning director Rob Marshall (Chicago) with words & music by Maury Yeston. The soundtrack features original cast recordings in addition to new music by Fergie, the Noisettes & introducing Griffith Frank.

This vibrant and provocative musical follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) as he reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion, while balancing the numerous women in his life including his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penélope Cruz), his film star muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidant and costume designer (Judi Dench), an American fashion journalist (Kate Hudson), the whore from his youth (Fergie) and his mother (Sophia Loren). The original 1982 Broadway production of NINE won five Tony Awards including Best Musical.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Hooray...I'm was soooooooo excited to get word that the latest AND greatest, Angus & Julia Stone video premiered. "And The Boys" is the brand new video/single from the brother/sister duo from Oz.

They should be wrapped or about to wrap their latest album, with a U.S. tour in the works. Tickets are already on sale for dates in Australia, with dates in the states in May scheduled. They are so amazing to see live, I can't wait to see em again!

In the meantime, head over to iTunes and download this single with bonus bside singles "Change" & "Take Away."

Following the October release of their fifth studio album Love 2, French electronic pop duo AIR (Nicolas Godin and JB Dunckel) return to the U.S. for their first live shows in three years. The “Pocket Symphony” tour of 2007/08 saw the band travel to the Far East and beyond, stage their largest New York play to date at the Madison Square Garden Theatre and established them as truly international artists.

Now in 2010, AIR is preparing for the first of several U.S. trips, the first of which will be a traditional tour showcasing the breadth of their catalog and re-interpretations of new songs from the “Love 2” album. For the first time on these dates, the band will be performing their live show as an intimate three-piece with Godin and Dunckel taking on full instrumental and vocal duties. This follows a successful short tour of China and the Far East in late 2008, where they experimented with a core of three musicians and the current live set took shape.

For the North American dates, AIR will be joined by British drummer/percussionist Alex Thomas (Bat For Lashes, Badly Drawn Boy) and guest opening act will be AM, a revered multi-instrumentalist from Los Angeles with a flare for distilling global music influences into his own unique and infectious pop confections.

AIR’s 1998 debut album Moon Safari struck a unanimously harmonious chord with music lovers around the globe and has since become an electronic pop classic. Since then AIR have enjoyed many career-defining moments including the now legendary sold-out show with full orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl in 2004. The band has also garnered many accolades, both at home and abroad, and have written, produced and collaborated on a breathtaking array of music projects.

With 5.5 million worldwide album sales to their credit, the band has become de facto ambassadors of modern French pop, whose fans are drawn back to each new musical adventure by their inventive arrangements, and a playful yet unpredictable palette of sounds and songcraft.

Prior to their North American journey, AIR will set out on a European tour in early 2010 starting at the legendary Casino de Paris in their hometown and ending at the legendary Roundhouse in London on February 26th.

Tickets for most dates go on sale at 10am on Saturday December 12.A special Ticketmaster fan pre-sale is available starting Thursday December 10 at 10am for the dates marked #.To receive the pre-sale password go to www.aircheology.com and register for the newsletter. Your password will be emailed to you on Wednesday evening December 9th. If you are already registered, you will receive the password automatically.

Monday, December 7, 2009

Brett is asking fans coming to the show to participate in gift exchange - bring a small gift and during the show, Brett will ask you to trade presents with your neighbor. And why not pick something up at a local record store and share music you love with another fan: http://www.recordstoreday.com/Venues?state=CA

Max's Kansas City itself is no longer an actual venue in NY, but they are working to re-launch the brand in several very cool ways. Maxskansascity.com, the newly-launched online nexus of authentic fashion, art and music culture, will be teaming up with Whrrl - a location-based, social networking application.

When users go to http://www.whrrl.com/, they will find exciting featured content about today’s artists, musicians, fashion designers, actors, writers and filmmakers, (e.g. Andrew W.K., Ida Maria, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, House of Diehl, Marilyn Minter, Alexander McQueen, etc) and also learn about those celebrated idols that frequented the legendary New York City venue.